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GoSteelers wrote:Yeah at 99 percent of FAA towers this is how it’s done. There is a “stripless” system being tested at one of the bigger towers, maybe Newark? The system works.
XRadar98 wrote:Very normal, and user friendly. Imagine looking out at 5 XXX 737’s and not knowing the call sign of the first, second.....oh wait look at my strips that 6are in order!
GoSteelers wrote:Yeah at 99 percent of FAA towers this is how it’s done. There is a “stripless” system being tested at one of the bigger towers, maybe Newark? The system works.
32andBelow wrote:GoSteelers wrote:Yeah at 99 percent of FAA towers this is how it’s done. There is a “stripless” system being tested at one of the bigger towers, maybe Newark? The system works.
Most large towers don’t really rely on strips. They have the ASD-X for aircraft on the ground and the DBRITE for planes on arrival and it’s all automatically tagged up.